Scott Harrison | The Charity: Water Story
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In this video, former nightclub promoter, Scott Harrison, explains how ten years ago he set out to solve the water crisis in his lifetime. Today, more than one million people have made it their mission too, this is all of our stories.
Scott spent almost 10 years as a nightclub promoter in New York City before leaving to volunteer on a hospital ship off the coast of Liberia, West Africa as a volunteer photojournalist. Returning home to New York City two years later, he founded the non-profit organization charity: water in 2006. Turning his full attention to the global water crisis and the world’s 785 million people without clean water to drink, he created public installations and innovative online fundraising platforms to spread international awareness of the issue. In 13 years, with the help of more than 1 million donors worldwide, charity: water has raised $450 million and funded 51,400 water projects in 28 countries. When completed, those projects will provide over 11 million people with clean, safe drinking water.
- Founded Charity : Water to battle the startling statistic that 52% of disease in the developing world stems from dirty water
- Turned the traditional idea of charity is on its head with his innovative business model
- Uses technology and storytelling to illustrate the importance and impact of his non-profit
- A gifted storyteller, Harrison inspires companies and individuals to blaze a trail for change
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